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Pebble in the Sky
Pebble in the Sky
Author: Isaac Asimov
One moment Joseph Schwartz is a happily retired tailor in 1949 Chicago. The next he?s a helpless stranger on Earth during the heyday of the first Galactic Empire. Earth, he soon learns, is a backwater, just a pebble in the sky, despised by all the other 200 million planets of the Empire because its people dare to claim it?s the original home of ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780765319135
ISBN-10: 0765319136
Publication Date: 2/3/2009
Pages: 256
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Orb Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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shadow7 avatar reviewed Pebble in the Sky on + 10 more book reviews
From Chicago 1949 to thousands of years into the future! A great read! The characters are very likeable and memorable. The storyline is exciting and keeps you hooked! I highly recommend this book!
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last book of the Galactic Empire Novels....a great classic in science fiction.
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Before "Foundation"...there was EMPIRE!
Isaac Asimov is a grand master of science fiction, and the Empire books are the spectacular prelude to his classic "Foundation" series. In this epic trilogy Asimov traces humankind's first halting steps towards civilizing the vast and treacherous emptiness of the galaxy. Pebble in the Sky is book #1
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Asimov's first work of science fiction, Pebble In the Sky tells the tale of a 20th-century man hurled suddenly into a distant and frightening future.

In the futuristic world of the Galactic Empire, a single man fights pervasive prejudice and the forces of an oppressive political system. At stake is the very existence of humanity.


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